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Sage Publications Ltd Advances in Membership Categorisation Analysis 2015 Edition by Richard Fitzgerald, William Housley
This is an exciting addition to the dynamic, multidisciplinary field of membership categorization analysis. Bringing together the biggest names in MCA this landmark publication provides a contemporary analysis of the field and a platform for emerging researchers and students to build upon. The book sets out the current methodological developments of MCA highlighting its analytic strength - particularly when examining social identity and social knowledge. It provides a sophisticated tool of qualitative analysis and draws from a wide range of empirical studies provided by global scholars. The culmination of years of international research this agenda-setting text will be essential reading for academics and advanced students using membership categorization across the social sciences; particularly in media and communication studies, sociology, psychology, education, political science and linguistics. Table of contents :- Chapter1: Introduction to Membership Categorization Analysis - William Housley & Richard FitzgeraldChapter2: De-Reifiying Categories - Rod WatsonChapter 3: Prospective and Retrospective Categorization: Category proffers and inferences in social interaction and rolling news media - Elizabeth Stokoe & Frederick AttenboroughChapter 4: Categorization Work in the Courtroom: The 'foundational' character of membership categorization analysis - Christian LicoppeChapter 5: Challenging Normativity: re-appraising category, bound, tied and predicated features - Edward Reynolds & Richard FitzgeraldChapter 6: Omnirelevance in Technologized Interaction: Couples coping with video calling distortions - Sean RintelChapter7: Membership Categorization and Methodological Reasoning in Research Team Interaction - William Housley & Robin James Smith